Pope Francis has appointed Leonid Sevastianov, head of the World Union of Old Calendarists, and his wife, opera singer Svetlana Kasyan, as “ambassadors of peace” in Moscow, as they prepare for the Her article entitled “The Pope intends to appease Moscow”.
Not a single news agency or major Russian media outlet has decided to publish (or at least quote) Pope Francis’s message to the head of the Moscow-based World Union of Old Calendarists, Leonid Sevod. The message, on the eve of Victory Day, was carried to Moscow by a special envoy, and Leonid Sevastyanov politely gave a copy to the Novaya Gazeta.Europe newspaper.
Blessing the Old Calendar activist, with whom the Pope has had close contacts for about 10 years, and telling the couple that he must “preach peace, live in peace,” Pope Francis calls on Sevastianov and his wife Svetlas to become ambassadors of peace “. According to Novaya Gazeta, the Pope calls Cassian ‘his favorite singer’, has given her great heirlooms and promises to visit her in Moscow. Now the couple hopes this visit is closer than ever. For several years now, Svetlana Cassian has been a knight of the Order of St. Sylvester, the first woman in history to receive this title from the Pope.
According to a source in the Vatican newspaper Novaya Gazeta.Europe, the papal message was a response to the protest of the Foreign Affairs Department of the Moscow Patriarchate, which on May 4 accused Pope Francis of lying, claiming that he distorted the he had with Patriarch Cyril via Zoom, on March 16th. At that time, as the Pope claimed, Patriarch Cyril for 20 minutes explained to him the reasons for the “special military operation” in Ukraine, which he read from a text in front of him. After that, the Pope reminded Cyril that he was nevertheless a Christian and a pastor and not a civil servant.
In a shocking interview with the Italian newspaper Corriere Della Sera, Pope Francis urged Patriarch Cyril not to become Putin’s “grandfather” in order to find a place in the new world.
“The appointment of Svetlana and me as ambassadors of peace of the Pope is a great honor and responsibility,” Leonid Sevastianov told Novaya Gazeta. Europe ». “On the eve of the war, I produced my wife’s album Fratelli tutti, which proved to be prophetic, as it foresaw both the current conflict and the establishment of a new post-war peace.”
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